OUR TEAM
We had started off as a team of 6 people in 2018. 5 of us have been working with young adults with disabilities in Camphill Communities in the UK. In Summer 2020 Zsuzsa Filipov-Soo and Marta Moldovan have moved back to Romania to coordinate the project on sight. Agnes Osvath always lived in the region and she is an accountant and HR expert.
Dimitar Filipov-Soó (Mitko) followed Zsuzsa and their 3 children in the summer of 2021 and was part of the team for 3 years, contributing to the development of the project with social pedagogical, gardening and other practical tasks. Kinga-Imola Tamas, clinical psychologist, joined us in March 2021 to be Zsuzsa’s assistant in developing the work further on-site, a role she held until May 2022, when she stopped for maternity and childcare leave. In September 2022, Éva Simó joined us, bringing with her psychological expertise and a wealth of other practical experiences, serving the cause of Harom Galamb with great enthusiasm and dedication ever since.
From May 2024, Margit Murzán took over from Mitko as the association's gardener, but also contributes with her many other creative skills, thus enriching our activities. Since Summer 2024, Ágnes Soó and James Hornby (Jim) have lived in Romania. As a project employee, Ágnes enriches everyday life with arts and crafts and other creative activities, all of this on the foundation of her many years of experience in social pedagogy. Jim has since retired but continues to contribute to our work as an external consultant through his knowledge and experiences.
Zsuzsa Filipov-Soo
I grew up in Szekelykeresztur (Cristuru-Secuiesc), Romania. In 2005 I completed my law degree in Budapest, Hungary. In 2008 I finished a Master Degree in European Company Law in Goettingen,
Germany. In 2003/2004 I spent a year in a Camphill community as a volunteer in Aberdeen, Scotland.
From January 2009 until July 2020 I lived and worked in Cairnlee House, Camphill Schools Aberdeen, a residential care provision, where I have been supporting young adults with different learning disabilities. I attended a 3-year seminar about creating homes in residential, community settings. I have gained qualifications in Management and Leadership in Social Care. My tasks covered a wide range of responsibilities from running different craft workshops, producing plays, organising celebrations for festivals, day to day management, being part of the recruitment of co-workers, liaising with social authorities, medical professionals and parents, overseeing the therapies and medicines.
In July 2020 I moved back to Romania in order to carry on developing the Day Centre. I am married to Dimitar and we have 3 young children.
Jim Hornby – Garden Project Consultant
I have lived and worked in Camphill Communities in the U.K. since 1985. As a trained ‘Steiner Teacher’ I first came to Camphill to work with Learning Disabled children as a Class Teacher. Alongside this I had been a House Coordinator, responsible for the care and well-being of Learning Disabled children, adolescents, young adults and the elderly. Through my many years in Camphill I have fulfilled different roles and gained qualifications and experience in many realms of this work.
My last post was living and working in Beannachar Camphill Community in Aberdeen, where I was a member of the Management Group and a joint House Coordinator. I was personally responsible for organising and supervising the work of our craft, land and service workshops, and I ran a part-time leather workshop myself.
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I have now moved to Transylvania with Agnes, my partner and together with our two young children.
Dimitar Filipov-Soo
I grew up in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. I studied Physics for 3 years in Goettingen, Germany. Since 2008 I have lived and worked in Cairnlee House, a Camphill community for young adults with special needs in Aberdeen, Scotland.
During these 11 years I have gained experiences in different areas: in the organic garden and the woodwork as a helper and as a workshop leader, I have helped our young adults in different realms of life, I organised festivals, I organised and lead study groups and other activities. Together with my colleagues, we lead a weekly outdoor, nature outing for 20 people. I have gained a university degree in Social Pedagogy/Curative Education.
In June 2021 I moved to Romania in order to join Zsuzsa and our children there and to bring with me the social impulse and spirituality of Camphill and of Social Pedagogy.
Agnes Soo
I was born and raised in Szekelykeresztur (Cristuru-Secuiesc). At the age of 18 I left to do volunteer work in a Camphill Community in England where I lived and worked with learning disabled children. I stayed for four years, during which time I completed the Camphill Course in Curative Education.
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I also became interested in Art Therapy during this time, returned to Eastern Europe and in 2008 completed a Masters Degree in Fine Arts in Budapest. Since 2010 I have lived in Scotland, first in Newton Dee Village Community, then in Beannachar Camphill Community, where I was House Coordinator for eight young adults with learning disabilities.
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In 2022 I achieved qualification in Social Care, completing SVQ4 and acquired a Certificate in Trauma Informed Guided Drawing to further support my practice in Therapeutic Art Activities.
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My partner Jim and I are deeply connected to this work with young adults, and I have for many years had a vision to bring this experience and commitment back to my home country. This was achieved in the summer of 2024) my family has relocated to Transylvania and I’ve been an employed member of Három Galamb Team since the beginning of September!
Osváth Ágnes
I grew up and went to school in Székelykeresztúr (Cristuru-Secuiesc).
After I finished High School, I began to work at a special school with children – some of them orphans with different kinds of disabilities, aged 6-14. This is when I met for the first time the problem of how much the people with special needs are excluded from our society. In most cases these children stay at home with one of the parents, because they cannot manage the normal school. This also means that the caring parent gives up fully her/his employment and provides full care for the child.
I studied accountancy and business informatics, but I continued to be interested in the integration of people
with special needs into our society. At present I work in my own office as an accountant and human resources referent.
In 2018 Zsuzsa approached me with the request of administrative support in the process of creating the Három Galamb Association. I accepted the invitation and became associate
member in the Három Galamb. At the moment I look after the books of the association and support the project with the necessary administrative tasks in Romania. I live with my partner and daughter in Kisgalambfalva (Porumbenii Mici).
Éva Simó
I was born in Odorheiu Secuiesc and grew up in Zetea, together with my 2 wonderful sisters. I finished my secondary school education at the Benedek Elek Teacher Training College, and then I graduated from the Faculty of Psychology and Education at the Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.
I volunteered in the Caritas Guardian Angel programme, where I actively participated in inclusive programmes for children and young people with disabilities. Later, as a coordinator at the Philadelphia Foundation, I organised career guidance activities for students, trying to accompany them in their search for identity. My husband and I were given two precious children as gifts. I also had the opportunity to work as a clerk in a pastry shop. My main tasks included coordinating the human resources of the pastry lab and the café spaces, purchasing goods, pre-accounting and management.
With the acquired valuable experiences, I later took on a similar role in the operation of a restaurant. With a desire and search for work in the field of helping professions, I found the Association of Harom Galamb in 2022. As a trained psychologist, I try to do all I can, so that we can develop together with our young people with disabilities, trying to find the best version of each of us. By working with young people, I have the opportunity to reassess myself again and again. They inspire me to learn new ways to be creative and most of all they help me to be and remain in the present.
Margit Murzán
I was born in Odorheiu Secuiesc and I finished my secondary school studies in this town, at the Eötvös József Vocational School, majoring in horticulture. My husband is from Porumbenii Mici and we have been living in the village for 27 years with our 3 children.
I have tried myself at many jobs in my life (accountant's diploma, tailor, salesman, machine operator in a sock factory, warehouse), but I have always wanted to work in a place where we could help each other in a family like environment, in harmony with nature. I found this at Harom Galamb. For me, the greatest joy is to see our young people becoming more open and happier every day. For this we need a great faith, love and compassion. I believe that together we can succeed. I enjoy working with others in teams, I am flexible, helpful, communicative, reliable, patient and conscientious.